Plane makes emergency landing in Yellowknife after landing gear stops working
No passengers on board and crew were able to exit aircraft safely, with no injuries reported
A plane made an emergency landing in Yellowknife Monday night after it experienced an issue with its landing gear.
In an email to CBC News, Keewatin Air president Ryan DeGroot said a Beechcraft King Air 200 "experienced a landing gear malfunction on arrival at Yellowknife airport."
The plane, which is used for medevacs, landed around 7:45 p.m., after circling outside of Yellowknife.
No passengers were on board and crew were able to exit safely, DeGroot said.
No injuries were reported.
In an email to CBC News, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said it's aware of the incident and is gathering information but could not comment further.
A similar incident happened in Rankin Inlet in February involving the same type of plane. That Beechcraft King Air 200, operated by Air Nunavut, made an emergency landing after its landing gear also stopped working.
The plane landed in Rankin Inlet with its nose touching the runway.
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